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2016-06-30 01:01:56 Post No. 55329528
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Anonymous 2016-06-30 01:01:56 Post No. 55329528 [Report]

Complete noob question:

I want to start learning a programming language. I am between Python and Javascript. I know Javascript can be used to generate windows and buttons.

What other types of projects can each of these languages accomplish?

Steve 2016-06-30 01:08:47 Post No.55329624
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Steve 2016-06-30 01:08:47 Post No.55329624 [Report]

Go for JavaScript, python is so unintuitave and plus if you are a beginner try html5.

Anonymous 2016-06-30 01:11:46 Post No.55329668
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Anonymous 2016-06-30 01:11:46 Post No.55329668 [Report]

>>55329624
>Go for JavaScript, python is so unintuitave and plus if you are a beginner try html5.
Python can be used for many things such as programming rasberypis to do basically anything. Pyhton is also used a lot for math and science as well

Anonymous 2016-06-30 01:13:33 Post No.55329688
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Anonymous 2016-06-30 01:13:33 Post No.55329688 [Report]

JavaScript is mainly used in websites, I wouldn't learn it without looking at full web frameworks like MVC or ruby.

Python's good simple language. Not great syntax but can do most things.

I'd start on c# then move to c++ then on to what ever you want so you have a good grounding

Anonymous 2016-06-30 05:18:05 Post No.55332681
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Anonymous 2016-06-30 05:18:05 Post No.55332681 [Report]

>>55329624
>Unintuitive
>Shills demon language instead

Jesus anon, do you hate him?

Anonymous 2016-06-30 05:25:56 Post No.55332774
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Anonymous 2016-06-30 05:25:56 Post No.55332774 [Report]

If you're serious about it, you should learn C so that you'll get a glimpse at how computers actually work. There's too much weirdness about JavaScript and Python for them to be really good starting points.
But, any complete language can solve any problem that any other complete language can solve. Some languages will give you a head start because other people may have already solved your problem in a way that your language can use, but that's about it. It's probably better to learn the fundamentals first though.

Anonymous 2016-06-30 05:51:03 Post No.55333030
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Anonymous 2016-06-30 05:51:03 Post No.55333030 [Report]

>>55329528
Learn C and read this -> http://csapp.cs.cmu.edu/

Anonymous 2016-06-30 05:55:02 Post No.55333081
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Anonymous 2016-06-30 05:55:02 Post No.55333081 [Report]

>>55329688
I mostly agree. C# is how I first learned to program, then I moved onto C++.

I'd definitely recommend the javascript though. Programs are now APIs on servers, and GUIs are now the browser. Javascript is how you will communicate and display your program's data.

Anonymous 2016-06-30 06:05:57 Post No.55333201
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Anonymous 2016-06-30 06:05:57 Post No.55333201 [Report]

>>55329528

languages themselves can be used to do anything.

A language has a library which is used to generate 'windows and buttons' - this is called a gui library.

Python has tk, Java has swing and FX, C# has GTK, C++ has Qt and Javascript is a special one because it's run on top of the browser, so the browser itself generates the buttons.

If you're interested in learning a language spend a few years learning Python then move to JavaScript. JavaScript is extremely complex and hostile to beginners whereas Python is (along side Java and C#) the simplest language to learn.